ClubFloyd Transcript:Pathway to Destruction by Richard OtterAs played on ifMUD on April 24, 2010

The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction.
Below is a transcript of Pathway to Destruction, written by Richard Otter. Pathway to Destruction was originally released as part of the 2005 Finish the Game Comp, where it took first place. It went on to place ninth in the 2005 InsideADRIFT End of Year Comp. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting the ifWiki.WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.

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Floyd | Pathway to Destruction by Richard Otter, version 1.21
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Floyd | You have worked at the Institute of Transportation for nearly five
Floyd | years. As one of the engineering team in the Research and Development
Floyd | section, it is considered a highly respected position and is
Floyd | particularly well paid. In recent years it has become even more
Floyd | important, as with a growing population the global transport system is
Floyd | struggling to cope. A complete collapse has been predicted in a little
Floyd | under five years time.
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Floyd | You are currently working on the Pathway project which is a new
Floyd | developmental Rapid Transit System (RTS). This holds out the promise
Floyd | of fast, efficient and cheap travel for the whole planet. You do not
Floyd | fully understand the science but it has something to do with
Floyd | particles, magnetism and time travel. Basically, you arrive at your
Floyd | destination the exact same moment you leave your starting point.
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Floyd | The initial trials have been extremely promising and the first long
Floyd | distance test is now underway. You are being 'particled' (as it is
Floyd | called) from one side of the planet to the other and then back again.
Floyd | At this very moment you are being strapped into a chair situated in
Floyd | the centre of the testing chamber. Colin, the senior technician on
Floyd | project, is giving you the thumbs up sign from the control room and
Floyd | the ignition lights have just come on. Your hands and feet are
Floyd | starting to tingle and your vision is blurring; then nothing.
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Floyd | Nothing until now.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Press ENTER to continue]

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Floyd | Pathway to Destruction by Richard Otter, version 1.21
Floyd |
Floyd | In this adventure you are John Taylor, one of the engineering team in
Floyd | the Research and Development section of the Institute of
Floyd | Transportation. Your goal is a simple one - to try and make sense of
Floyd | the world you find yourself in.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some useful commands to help you in your mission -
Floyd | use object with object, get all from object, give object to character
Floyd | pick lock, look under object, look through object
Floyd | talk to character, ask character about subject
Floyd | look through object, move rubble with bar
Floyd |
Floyd | Feel free to report any bugs, send praise or give general feedback to
Floyd | richardo@delron.org.uk
Floyd |
Floyd | [Press ENTER to continue]

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Floyd | Your last memory is of being in the test chamber, deep under the
Floyd | Research and Development building. Now you are here, but you have no
Floyd | recollection of leaving the test chamber or arriving at this place. It
Floyd | is almost as if you just appeared here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ruined Statue
Floyd | Above you towers a broken statue, ravaged by the passage of time. A
Floyd | crown of stone rests upon its brow, a glittering jewel its
Floyd | centrepiece. About you lurk malevolent shadows, seeming to move with a
Floyd | life of their own, though these are glimpses seen from the corner of
Floyd | your eye that vanish the moment you look closely at them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages in the ruined walls of this place lie to the north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Ruined Statue | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

DavidW says, "I think that meant merely that you can get the text from the opening menu options later."

Nitku says, "right"

Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x me"

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | [x me]
Floyd | You are John Taylor, a senior technician in the engineering team
Floyd | working in the Research and Development section of the Institute of
Floyd | Transportation. You are wearing a ring, a pair of overalls and a gold
Floyd | chain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Nitku says (to Floyd), "x ring"

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | [x ring]
Floyd | A simple band of gold fitted around your left index finger. The ring
Floyd | appears ordinary but something tells you there is more to it than
Floyd | meets the eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW asks, "I remember this statue. It was in Vague, no?"

DB says, "Yes, Vague was like an amalgamation of several of the author's games."

djfletch says (to Floyd), "x chain"

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | [x chain]
Floyd | The chain was a present from your father, on your graduation from
Floyd | engineering college (second in your class). It is heavy gold with an
Floyd | over polished finish and a little too long for your taste.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says (to Floyd), "x statue"

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | [x statue]
Floyd | This does not make any sense. The statue of the Great David looks like
Floyd | it has been decaying for years, but you only walked this way yesterday
Floyd | with Colin. At least, it seemed like only yesterday.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DB says, "Sort of a "Richard Otter's Greatest Hits" compilation, though his modesty might object to that wording."

Nitku says (to Floyd), "remove ring"

Floyd | You remove the ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Nitku says (to Floyd), "look through ring"

Floyd | You see no such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says (to Floyd), "read ring"

Floyd | You can't read the ring!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says, "drat. Reading the ring worked in [spoiler]"

DB says (to Floyd), "x chain"

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | [x chain]
Floyd | The chain was a present from your father, on your graduation from
Floyd | engineering college (second in your class). It is heavy gold with an
Floyd | over polished finish and a little too long for your taste.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says, "Some rings are inscribed."

Nitku says (to Floyd), "i"

Floyd | [i -> inventory]
Floyd | You are wearing a pair of overalls and a gold chain, and you are
Floyd | carrying a journal and a ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | [x ring]
Floyd | A simple band of gold, the ring appears ordinary but something tells
Floyd | you there is more to it than meets the eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Johnny arrives, full of funk, but no fun.

DavidW says (to Floyd), "read journal"

Floyd | The journal is far too old; although you try hard it is impossible to
Floyd | make sense of anything in it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crown"

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | [x crown]
Floyd | The Great David's crown symbolises him power and authority. David was
Floyd | the first great leader to bring unity and peace to this planet many
Floyd | centuries ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jewel"

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | [x jewel]
Floyd | The jewel, which is fixed into the crown, must be at least 150mm in
Floyd | diameter and is a beautiful sea-blue colour.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

djfletch asks, "hmm, did we bring an ancient journal with us on this trip or has it appeared?"

DavidW says, "hm. The crown should've mentioned the jewel as well."

DavidW says, "I guess we brought it."

Nitku says, "You can tell we're an engineer when we describe something as 150 mm instead of 15 cm"

Touchy asks, "150mm ...how huge is his head?"

DavidW says, "Part of the puzzle of this game is to determine exactly what happened, since our trip failed in some unusual manner."

olethros says, "seems approximately normal sized"

Nitku says (to Floyd), "get crown"

Floyd | You can't take the crown of stone!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says (to Floyd), "take jewel"

Floyd | You can't see that
Floyd |
Floyd | >

djfletch says (to Floyd), "climb statue"

Floyd | After a few moments you decide against climbing the statue, it does
Floyd | not look all that safe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | [x shadows]
Floyd | The shadows seem to move with a life of their own, though these are
Floyd | glimpses seen from the corner of your eye that vanish the moment you
Floyd | look closely at them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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olethros says, "well, not more than 2x life size"

olethros says (to Floyd), "topple statue"

Floyd | I don't understand what you want me to do with the broken statue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Nitku says, "Normal for a statue, I suppose"

DavidW says (to DB), "well, was the map meant to be used by first-time players? I seem to recall that this isn't a large game, geographically."

olethros says, "I suggest we get a move on"

djfletch says (to Floyd), "read journal"

Floyd | The journal is far too old; although you try hard it is impossible to
Floyd | make sense of anything in it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW asks, "North or west?"

olethros says, "if we go west, the daylight shall last longer"

DB says (to davidw), "It is included in the original download, so I s'pose it's not so much of a spoiler."

Fang arrives, full of fun, but no funk.

DavidW says, "well, post the link, if you like."

Fang says (to Floyd), "l"

Floyd | [l -> look]
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Floyd | Ruined Statue
Floyd | Above you towers a broken statue, ravaged by the passage of time. A
Floyd | crown of stone rests upon its brow, a glittering jewel its
Floyd | centrepiece. About you lurk malevolent shadows, seeming to move with a
Floyd | life of their own, though these are glimpses seen from the corner of
Floyd | your eye that vanish the moment you look closely at them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages in the ruined walls of this place lie to the north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | [x crown]
Floyd | The Great David's crown symbolises him power and authority. David was
Floyd | the first great leader to bring unity and peace to this planet many
Floyd | centuries ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | [i -> inventory]
Floyd | You are wearing a pair of overalls and a gold chain, and you are
Floyd | carrying a journal and a ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Nitku says (to Floyd), "n"

Floyd | You move north.
Floyd | Ancient Gallery
Floyd | The walls about you are ancient and crumbling, yet modern looking
Floyd | portraits hang from them all the same. The faces depicted twist and
Floyd | writhe in torment. Is it your imagination or can you also hear their
Floyd | cries? Against one wall lies a large crystal, as tall as a man and
Floyd | wide as a chariot, in which is imprisoned the form of... something.
Floyd |
Floyd | A passage lies away to the south and another to the northeast, at the
Floyd | end of which a light shines faintly.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Ancient Gallery | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "read journal"

olethros says (to Floyd), "x overalls"

Touchy says, "north north north"

Floyd | The journal is far too old; although you try hard it is impossible to
Floyd | make sense of anything in it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | [x overalls]
Floyd | The orange overalls are abrasive resistant polyester cotton and are
Floyd | the standard uniform of the engineering team in the Research and
Floyd | Development section. You have always hated them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says, "The intro mentioned time travel was involved."

Fang says (to Floyd), "x crystal"

olethros says (to Floyd), "x portraits"

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | [x crystal]
Floyd | The large crystal triggers a memory somewhere. You have definitely
Floyd | seen one of these before, but at the moment the details will not
Floyd | surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | [x portraits]
Floyd | The portraits are of the city's great and the good, or at least rich
Floyd | and powerful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | [x portraits]
Floyd | The portraits are of the city's great and the good, or at least rich
Floyd | and powerful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

olethros says (to Floyd), "listen"

Touchy says, "alright, let's move on"

Floyd | It must be your imagination, but it really seems like you can hear
Floyd | their cries.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says, "how much did we investigate the statue>"

Touchy says (to Floyd), "l"

Floyd | [l -> look]
Floyd |
Floyd | Ancient Gallery
Floyd | The walls about you are ancient and crumbling, yet modern looking
Floyd | portraits hang from them all the same. The faces depicted now appear
Floyd | normal but you are sure you can still hear their cries. Against one
Floyd | wall lies a large crystal, as tall as a man and wide as a chariot, in
Floyd | which is imprisoned the form of... something.
Floyd |
Floyd | A passage lies away to the south and another to the northeast, at the
Floyd | end of which a light shines faintly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang asks, "?"

Touchy says, "one more look"

DB says, "Maybe we should just explore a bit."

Touchy says (to Fang), "We did what came to mind..."

Fang says (to Floyd), "i"

Floyd | [i -> inventory]
Floyd | You are wearing a ring, a pair of overalls and a gold chain, and you
Floyd | are carrying a journal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

olethros says (to Floyd), "climb crystal"

Floyd | You can't climb the large crystal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "x chain"

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | [x chain]
Floyd | The chain was a present from your father, on your graduation from
Floyd | engineering college (second in your class). It is heavy gold with an
Floyd | over polished finish and a little too long for your taste.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "look behind portrait"

Floyd | You see no such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

olethros says (to Floyd), "search overalls"

Floyd | [x overalls]
Floyd | The orange overalls are abrasive resistant polyester cotton and are
Floyd | the standard uniform of the engineering team in the Research and
Floyd | Development section. You have always hated them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "enter crystal"

Floyd | I don't understand what you want me to do with the large crystal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

olethros says, "let us go"

Fang says, "well, let's go"

Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne"

Floyd | You move northeast.
Floyd | Passage
Floyd | The broken bones of tiny rodents crunch underfoot as you make your way
Floyd | along this passage. It is dark and shadowy for the most part,
Floyd | illuminated poorly by the pale daylight at the end.
Floyd |

Fang says (to Floyd), "ne"

Floyd | The passage extends northeast to the outside world and southwest to an
Floyd | ancient gallery.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Passage | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | You move northeast.
Floyd | Rapid Sidewalk
Floyd | As you leave the darkness of the temple you need to shade your eyes
Floyd | for a few moments. The Rapid Transit System, which is the size of a
Floyd | six lane freeway, stretches away to the north and south. When working
Floyd | all someone needed to do was step onto the roadway to be sped around
Floyd | the city, at hither to unknown speeds. Once the surface would have
Floyd | shimmered like quicksilver, now it is just a dull lifeless black
Floyd | colour. Far in the distance you can see the city, your home.
Floyd |
Floyd | The roadway extends to the north and south, southwest leads to the
Floyd | Temple of the Great David.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Rapid Sidewalk | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Floyd | You move northeast.
Floyd | Rapid Sidewalk
Floyd | As you leave the darkness of the temple you need to shade your eyes
Floyd | for a few moments. The Rapid Transit System, which is the size of a
Floyd | six lane freeway, stretches away to the north and south. When working
Floyd | all someone needed to do was step onto the roadway to be sped around
Floyd | the city, at hither to unknown speeds. Once the surface would have
Floyd | shimmered like quicksilver, now it is just a dull lifeless black
Floyd | colour. Far in the distance you can see the city, your home.
Floyd |
Floyd | The roadway extends to the north and south, southwest leads to the
Floyd | Temple of the Great David.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Rapid Sidewalk | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Floyd | You move north.
Floyd | Rapid Sidewalk Junction
Floyd | At one of the many junctions of the Rapid Transit System, when working
Floyd | you would just need to lean slightly to change direction. Away to the
Floyd | north is the city (your home), but you no longer recognise the
Floyd | outline. Only yesterday the horizon was filled with kilometre high
Floyd | buildings gleaming in the sunlight, now it looks like a set of broken
Floyd | jagged teeth. At the very edge of the walkway is a decaying body.
Floyd |
Floyd | The roadway continues north to the city and northeast to the
Floyd | government quarter.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Rapid Sidewalk Junction | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang asks, "was there anywhere we missed in the statue?"

Fang says, "er, temple"

Touchy says, "yes"

Touchy says (to Floyd), "x body"

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | [x body]
Floyd | The body is actually little more than bones, and most of those are
Floyd | turning to dust. It seems to have been here for years. For a moment
Floyd | you wonder about this poor individual and how they died. Looking at
Floyd | the position of the body your best guess is that it happened when the
Floyd | roadway system failed. You hope it was quick and painless.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amongst the bones you spot something round and shiny, it is a
Floyd | news-disc which you pick up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The game is now in its verbose mode, which always gives long
Floyd | descriptions of locations (even if you've been there before).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "sw"

Floyd | You move southwest.
Floyd | Passage
Floyd | As you enter the temple, it takes you eyes a few seconds to adjust to
Floyd | the dark after the bright sunlight. The broken bones of tiny rodents
Floyd | crunch underfoot as you make your way along this passage. It is dark
Floyd | and shadowy for the most part, illuminated poorly by the pale daylight
Floyd | at the end.
Floyd |
Floyd | The passage extends northeast to the outside world and southwest to an
Floyd | ancient gallery.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Passage | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "sw"

Floyd | You move southwest.
Floyd | Ancient Gallery
Floyd | The walls about you are ancient and crumbling, yet modern looking
Floyd | portraits hang from them all the same. The faces depicted now appear
Floyd | normal but you are sure you can still hear their cries. Against one
Floyd | wall lies a large crystal, as tall as a man and wide as a chariot, in
Floyd | which is imprisoned the form of... something.
Floyd |
Floyd | A passage lies away to the south and another to the northeast, at the
Floyd | end of which a light shines faintly.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Ancient Gallery | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

DavidW asks, "temple?"

Fang says (to Floyd), "s"

Floyd | You move south.
Floyd | Ruined Statue
Floyd | Above you towers a broken statue, ravaged by the passage of time. A
Floyd | crown of stone rests upon its brow, a glittering jewel its
Floyd | centrepiece. About you lurk malevolent shadows, seeming to move with a
Floyd | life of their own, though these are glimpses seen from the corner of
Floyd | your eye that vanish the moment you look closely at them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages in the ruined walls of this place lie to the north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Ruined Statue | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "w"

Floyd | You move west.
Floyd | Cage
Floyd | The centre of this circular chamber is a cage, sunken into the floor,
Floyd | in which the remains of some beast lie decomposing. Claw marks on the
Floyd | bars of the cage indicate the beast fought ferociously to escape its
Floyd | imprisonment, yet failed. And died.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the west there is a large chamber from which a humming sound
Floyd | emanates; to the east you can make out a statue.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Cage | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Gerynar has disconnected.

Gerynar has connected.

Fang asks, "have we been here before?"

Touchy says, "no"

DavidW says, "no"

Fang says (to Floyd), "cage"

Floyd | I don't understand what you want me to do with the sunken cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Touchy says (to Floyd), "x remains"

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | [x remains]
Floyd | The remains must be of the great Tarc beast which was kept in the cage
Floyd | here. Little is now left of the creature, but you can see a rib hidden
Floyd | in the remains. The beast looks like it has been dead for years,
Floyd | although it was alive yesterday.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

olethros says, "well, it took place tomorrow from what ever day we though it was"

Floyd | [l -> look]
Floyd |
Floyd | Cage
Floyd | The centre of this circular chamber is a cage, sunken into the floor,
Floyd | in which the remains of some beast lie decomposing. Claw marks on the
Floyd | bars of the cage indicate the beast fought ferociously to escape its
Floyd | imprisonment, yet failed. And died.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the west there is a large chamber from which a humming sound
Floyd | emanates; to the east you can make out a statue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "w"

Floyd | You move west.
Floyd | Humming Chamber
Floyd | Once this was the great meeting hall. Rows of seats spiral outwards
Floyd | from a central podium where a speaker once stood to deliver speeches
Floyd | to a waiting audience. Most of the seats are smashed and little but
Floyd | splinters remain. Burn marks scar the floor and walls; in one place
Floyd | there is what appears to be a large quantity of books and scrolls
Floyd | which someone has attempted to burn but abandoned partway through. A
Floyd | faint humming sound can be heard, emanating from somewhere in the
Floyd | chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | A passage extends northwest and another to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Humming Chamber | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Floyd | (Standing up first)
Floyd | You move northwest.
Floyd | Blocked Passage
Floyd | The ceiling has collapsed, blocking further access along this passage.
Floyd | On one wall is an opening which overlooks the outside world, although
Floyd | the drop looks to be formidable and you doubt you could survive it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The passage leads back to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Blocked Passage | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "x opening"

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | [x opening]
Floyd | Looking through the opening you can see part of the city below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "x city"

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | [x city]
Floyd | Looking out through the hole in the passage wall, even from this
Floyd | distance you can tell that something is wrong. The outline of the
Floyd | city, your home, looks jagged and broken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "se"

Floyd | You move southeast.
Floyd | Humming Chamber
Floyd | Once this was the great meeting hall. Rows of seats spiral outwards
Floyd | from a central podium where a speaker once stood to deliver speeches
Floyd | to a waiting audience. Most of the seats are smashed and little but
Floyd | splinters remain. Burn marks scar the floor and walls; in one place
Floyd | there is what appears to be a large quantity of books and scrolls
Floyd | which someone has attempted to burn but abandoned partway through. A
Floyd | faint humming sound can be heard, emanating from somewhere in the
Floyd | chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | A passage extends northwest and another to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Humming Chamber | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "e"

Floyd | You move east.
Floyd | Cage
Floyd | The centre of this circular chamber is a cage, sunken into the floor,
Floyd | in which the remains of some beast lie decomposing. Claw marks on the
Floyd | bars of the cage indicate the beast fought ferociously to escape its
Floyd | imprisonment, yet failed. And died.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the west there is a large chamber from which a humming sound
Floyd | emanates; to the east you can make out a statue.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Cage | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says, "let's try to use the rib"

Touchy says (to Floyd), "search humming"

Fang says (to Floyd), "e"

Floyd | [x humming]
Floyd | You see no such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd | You move east.
Floyd | Ruined Statue
Floyd | Above you towers a broken statue, ravaged by the passage of time. A
Floyd | crown of stone rests upon its brow, a glittering jewel its
Floyd | centrepiece. About you lurk malevolent shadows, seeming to move with a
Floyd | life of their own, though these are glimpses seen from the corner of
Floyd | your eye that vanish the moment you look closely at them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages in the ruined walls of this place lie to the north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Ruined Statue | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Floyd | You move west.
Floyd | Humming Chamber
Floyd | Once this was the great meeting hall. Rows of seats spiral outwards
Floyd | from a central podium where a speaker once stood to deliver speeches
Floyd | to a waiting audience. Most of the seats are smashed and little but
Floyd | splinters remain. Burn marks scar the floor and walls; in one place
Floyd | there is what appears to be a large quantity of books and scrolls
Floyd | which someone has attempted to burn but abandoned partway through. A
Floyd | faint humming sound can be heard, emanating from somewhere in the
Floyd | chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | A passage extends northwest and another to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Humming Chamber | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Floyd | You move east.
Floyd | Cage
Floyd | The centre of this circular chamber is a cage, sunken into the floor,
Floyd | in which the remains of some beast lie decomposing. Claw marks on the
Floyd | bars of the cage indicate the beast fought ferociously to escape its
Floyd | imprisonment, yet failed. And died.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the west there is a large chamber from which a humming sound
Floyd | emanates; to the east you can make out a statue.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Cage | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

DavidW says, "okay. We can go."

Fang says (to Floyd), "e"

Floyd | You move east.
Floyd | Ruined Statue
Floyd | Above you towers a broken statue, ravaged by the passage of time. A
Floyd | crown of stone rests upon its brow, a glittering jewel its
Floyd | centrepiece. About you lurk malevolent shadows, seeming to move with a
Floyd | life of their own, though these are glimpses seen from the corner of
Floyd | your eye that vanish the moment you look closely at them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages in the ruined walls of this place lie to the north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Ruined Statue | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

DavidW says, "Try to pry crystals and jewels."

Fang says (to Floyd), "x crown"

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | [x crown]
Floyd | The Great David's crown symbolises him power and authority. David was
Floyd | the first great leader to bring unity and peace to this planet many
Floyd | centuries ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Otis asks, "get jewel with bone?"

Fang says (to Floyd), "pry jewel"

Floyd | I don't understand what you mean.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "get jewel"

Floyd | Using the rib, you prise the jewel from its resting place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says (to Floyd), "prise jewel"

Floyd | I don't understand what you want me to do with the glittering jewel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says, "woo"

Fang says (to Floyd), "i"

Floyd | [i -> inventory]
Floyd | You are wearing a ring, a pair of overalls and a gold chain, and you
Floyd | are carrying a journal, the glittering jewel, a news-disc and the tarc
Floyd | rib.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | [x crown]
Floyd | The Great David's crown symbolises him power and authority. David was
Floyd | the first great leader to bring unity and peace to this planet many
Floyd | centuries ago. The crown is missing the glittering jewel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "ne"

Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "n"

Floyd | You move north.
Floyd | Ancient Gallery
Floyd | The walls about you are ancient and crumbling, yet modern looking
Floyd | portraits hang from them all the same. The faces depicted now appear
Floyd | normal but you are sure you can still hear their cries. Against one
Floyd | wall lies a large crystal, as tall as a man and wide as a chariot, in
Floyd | which is imprisoned the form of... something.
Floyd |
Floyd | A passage lies away to the south and another to the northeast, at the
Floyd | end of which a light shines faintly.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Ancient Gallery | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Floyd | [i -> inventory]
Floyd | You are wearing a ring, a pair of overalls and a gold chain, and you
Floyd | are carrying a journal, the glittering jewel, a news-disc and the tarc
Floyd | rib.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "x crystal"

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | [x crystal]
Floyd | The large crystal triggers a memory somewhere. You have definitely
Floyd | seen one of these before, but at the moment the details will not
Floyd | surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says (to Fang), "I'd like to know how to turn that off. That's the terp doing that."

DB says, "I vote for finding trained weasels."

Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne"

Floyd | You move northeast.
Floyd | Passage
Floyd | The broken bones of tiny rodents crunch underfoot as you make your way
Floyd | along this passage. It is dark and shadowy for the most part,
Floyd | illuminated poorly by the pale daylight at the end.
Floyd |
Floyd | The passage extends northeast to the outside world and southwest to an
Floyd | ancient gallery.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Passage | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne"

Floyd | You move northeast.
Floyd | Rapid Sidewalk
Floyd | As you leave the darkness of the temple you need to shade your eyes
Floyd | for a few moments. The Rapid Transit System, which is the size of a
Floyd | six lane freeway, stretches away to the north and south. When working
Floyd | all someone needed to do was step onto the roadway to be sped around
Floyd | the city, at hither to unknown speeds. Once the surface would have
Floyd | shimmered like quicksilver, now it is just a dull lifeless black
Floyd | colour. Far in the distance you can see the city, your home.
Floyd |
Floyd | The roadway extends to the north and south, southwest leads to the
Floyd | Temple of the Great David.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Rapid Sidewalk | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"

Floyd | South leads away from the city and the answers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

olethros says, "Biologists using standard plastic test tubes to gauge the concentration of DNA and proteins in their samples may be getting wildly incorrect readings because chemicals are leaching out of the containers."

Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"

Floyd | South leads away from the city and the answers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"

Floyd | You move north.
Floyd | Rapid Sidewalk Junction
Floyd | At one of the many junctions of the Rapid Transit System, when working
Floyd | you would just need to lean slightly to change direction. Away to the
Floyd | north is the city (your home), but you no longer recognise the
Floyd | outline. Only yesterday the horizon was filled with kilometre high
Floyd | buildings gleaming in the sunlight, now it looks like a set of broken
Floyd | jagged teeth. At the very edge of the walkway is a decaying body.
Floyd |
Floyd | The roadway continues north to the city and northeast to the
Floyd | government quarter.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Rapid Sidewalk Junction | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

inky asks, "the terp is changing hit to punch?"

olethros says, "errr channel"

inky asks, "how would it do that?"

Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"

Floyd | You want to head to the city, to see what is left of your apartment.
Floyd | You feel that that the answers do not lie in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

inky says, "I guess they might be established synonyms in adrift"

DavidW says (to inky), "The terp also changes x to examine."

DavidW says (to inky), "But it's a horrible thing to do."

Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne"

Floyd | You move northeast.
Floyd | Government Quarter
Floyd | With over ten square kilometres of structures, the government quarter
Floyd | should be building after building of steel, chrome and glass.
Floyd | Everything now is completely shattered; just barren and so bleak.
Floyd | Although difficult to see, you are in the main plaza which was a 500m
Floyd | square meeting place of seating areas, art work, gardens and picnic
Floyd | places. The only thing standing is a battered old lamp post, leaning
Floyd | over at a sharp angle.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ancient road to the southwest leads to the Rapid Transit System. A
Floyd | path extends north to the ruins of the administration building and
Floyd | away east to the flattened research and development centre.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Government Quarter | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

DavidW says, "If it changed get to take, for example, we wouldn't be able to progress at all."

Nitku says, "I guess the line between what the terp does and what the game does is more blurred than usual in ADRIFT"

Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"

Floyd | You move east.
Floyd | Research and Development Building
Floyd | The centre is, or should be, a towering dome of stainless steel and
Floyd | coloured glass. This place would echo with the voices and foot steps
Floyd | of all the people within, hidden fountains adding to the effect. The
Floyd | scene that greets you now is one of complete devastation, as if some
Floyd | giant foot has stamped on the place repeatedly. Unlike everywhere else
Floyd | you have seen today, here is destruction and not aging. Rubble is
Floyd | lying everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path leads back to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Research and Development Building | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Nitku says (to Fang), "We're an engineer"

Otis says (to floyd), "search rubble"

Floyd | [x rubble]
Floyd | From memory the rubble is resting on the spot of the elevator shaft
Floyd | down to the testing chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "dig"

Floyd | I don't understand what you mean.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Otis says (to floyd), "move rubble with bar"

Floyd | You will need something to lever the rubble out of the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Otis says, "He fooled us."

inky asks, "ok, I'll need to restart floyd -- do you want to save the game and restart now? or wait til after the session is over?"

DB says, "I think it's a Scare/Gargoyle thing as opposed to an ADRIFT thing. I know people using either couldn't play one of the games I wrote that used X as a command because of the autocomplete."

DavidW says, "We have a rib, not a bar."

Fang says (to Floyd), "move rublle with rib"

Floyd | You can't move that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "move rubble with rib"

Floyd | You will need something to lever the rubble out of the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

olethros says, "a rib is a type of bar"

Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE"

Fang says (to Floyd), "cf7"

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

olethros says, "a tasty one"

djfletch says (to Floyd), "lever rubble with rib"

Floyd | I don't understand what you want me to do with the rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DB says, "hehe"

Touchy says, "a meat bar"

djfletch says (to Floyd), "lever rubble"

Floyd | I don't understand what you want me to do with the rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW asks, "so we need to restart?"

DB says, "I think we can get this far again pretty easily, so I don't see a problem with restarting."

DavidW says, "well, Fang saved."

DavidW asks (of inky), "?"

DB says, "Oh, I see."

Fang asks (of inky), "restart?"

DavidW asks, "Are the auto-substitutions off?"

inky says, "right"

inky says (to Floyd), "quit"

Floyd | Do you really want to quit?

inky says (to Floyd), "yes"

Floyd | Yes

Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?"

DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes"

Floyd says (to DavidW), "Floyd doesn't know that trick."

Floyd exclaims (at inky), "Buh-Bye!"

Floyd has disconnected.

inky says, "there we go"

DavidW asks, "uh. Disconnected?"

inky says, "anyway, he should restart in a few minutes and then abbreviations should be off"

DavidW says, "oh"

inky says, "or possibly I'll have broken everything, we'll see"

Touchy says, "In the mean time we can tell each other ghost stories."

Touchy exclaims, "Yay!"

DavidW says, "I've played some Adrift games where x and examine did different things. Also hit vs smash."

inky says, "hmmm"

DavidW says, "Floyd taking a long coffee break."

inky says, "I must be doing something wrong"

Otis asks, "Did anyone mess with the sign back in the 'Passage' room?"

Floyd | You are John Taylor, a senior technician in the engineering team
Floyd | working in the Research and Development section of the Institute of
Floyd | Transportation. You are wearing a ring, a pair of overalls and a gold
Floyd | chain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

olethros says, "I thikn we are supposed to saw something with the rib"

Touchy Because it makes the DWman mad.

inky says, "so it is"

inky says, "weird"

Nitku says, "and x->examine was defined by the interpreter"

Gerynar dons his jackboots and marches on

DavidW says (to Nitku), "The game doesn't to substitutions that way."

DavidW says, "er do"

Gerynar says (to Floyd), "l"

Floyd |
Floyd | Research and Development Building
Floyd | The centre is, or should be, a towering dome of stainless steel and
Floyd | coloured glass. This place would echo with the voices and foot steps of
Floyd | all the people within, hidden fountains adding to the effect. The scene
Floyd | that greets you now is one of complete devastation, as if some giant
Floyd | foot has stamped on the place repeatedly. Unlike everywhere else you
Floyd | have seen today, here is destruction and not aging. Rubble is lying
Floyd | everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path leads back to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The game is now in its verbose mode, which always gives long
Floyd | descriptions of locations (even if you've been there before).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Touchy says, "Don't just suggest.."

DB says (to Floyd), "look"

Floyd |
Floyd | Government Quarter
Floyd | With over ten square kilometres of structures, the government quarter
Floyd | should be building after building of steel, chrome and glass.
Floyd | Everything now is completely shattered; just barren and so bleak.
Floyd | Although difficult to see, you are in the main plaza which was a 500m
Floyd | square meeting place of seating areas, art work, gardens and picnic
Floyd | places. The only thing standing is a battered old lamp post, leaning
Floyd | over at a sharp angle.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ancient road to the southwest leads to the Rapid Transit System. A
Floyd | path extends north to the ruins of the administration building and away
Floyd | east to the flattened research and development centre.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DB says (to Floyd), "n"

Floyd | You move north.
Floyd | Administration Building
Floyd | Once a thousand golden floors high, now only a few low charred jagged
Floyd | walls remain. On your left, would have been the long counter behind
Floyd | which the many female receptionists stood. The whole area is now gone,
Floyd | completely open to the sky. On the opposite side was row after row of
Floyd | view screens now all destroyed, although amazingly one does seem to
Floyd | survive. As you move near the screen it makes a very slight humming
Floyd | sound, as if something you are carrying is giving it power.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path leads back to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Administration Building | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

DB says, "Okay, so. Administration building."

Gerynar asks, "with a working viewer?"

Otis says (to floyd), "put jewel on screen"

Floyd | You put the glittering jewel onto the view screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you stand near the screen, the rib you are carrying becomes red hot.
Floyd | You drop it onto the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DB says (to Floyd), "x screen"

Floyd | An oblong of grey metal 1.5m in height, the view screens are used to
Floyd | interrogate the central database or look at an info disc. The viewer is
Floyd | glowing a light green colour. You can see the slot into which a disc
Floyd | would be inserted, the words 'Insert Disc' are lit in red. The
Floyd | glittering jewel is on the view screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Otis says (to floyd), "put news-disc in slot"

Floyd | You insert the news-disc into the viewer, after a few seconds it begins
Floyd | to work.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the day of the Pathway project long distance test, the news appears
Floyd | to be pretty normal. It consists of the news, sports, weather, man
Floyd | eaten by killer hamster. The usual sort of stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is the reports on the day following the test that you found
Floyd | particularly interesting. Stories started coming in from all over the
Floyd | city about large parts of the population who had simply vanished into
Floyd | thin air. Later in the day the 'problem' seemed to be spreading as
Floyd | cities all over the planet had reported mass disappearances.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Press ENTER to continue]

DavidW says, "'killer hamster'? Hope that's a joke."

DB asks, "Mass disappearance... or killer hamster outbreak?"

DavidW presses the yellow enter button.

Floyd |
Floyd | Looking at the reports on the second day after the test, it seemed that
Floyd | nearly half the population of the planet was missing. This was not
Floyd | just limited to the human population, but any carbon based life. The
Floyd | skies, seas and land had also emptied of animals and birds.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the third day, the location of the problem had been identified - it
Floyd | was the testing chamber. Something must have gone terribly wrong with
Floyd | the test, but no one in the research and development section could be
Floyd | contacted. The military decided to take drastic action and made three
Floyd | attempts to destroy the testing chamber. With the disappearances
Floyd | continuing, soon not enough airmen were left to carry out the
Floyd | airstrikes.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Press ENTER to continue]

Gerynar says (to Floyd), "press enter"

Floyd |
Floyd | The last reports are about civil disturbances breaking out all over the
Floyd | planet. The populace started blaming science and technology for the
Floyd | catastrophe; centres of knowledge and learning were attacked and
Floyd | destroyed. Law and order had suffered a complete breakdown and the very
Floyd | last story is about a force of the local volunteer army being sent to
Floyd | 'restore' order at the temple.
Floyd |
Floyd | For a long time you can do nothing; you just stand unable to take it
Floyd | all in. How could this have happened? What could have gone wrong with
Floyd | the test?
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, the answer must lie in the test chamber under the research and
Floyd | development building.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Press ENTER to continue]

Nitku asks, "When you interrogate a database do you use two SQL queries doing the good query/bad query routine?"

DavidW presses the yellow enter button.

Floyd |
Floyd | Administration Building
Floyd | Once a thousand golden floors high, now only a few low charred jagged
Floyd | walls remain. On your left, would have been the long counter behind
Floyd | which the many female receptionists stood. The whole area is now gone,
Floyd | completely open to the sky. On the opposite side was row after row of
Floyd | view screens now all destroyed, although amazingly one does seem to
Floyd | survive and appears to be in working order.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path leads back to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see the tarc rib.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says (to Floyd), "take jewel"

Floyd | You take the glittering jewel from the view screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | An oblong of grey metal 1.5m in height, the view screens are used to
Floyd | interrogate the central database or look at an info disc. The viewer
Floyd | has no power and looks completely blank. You can see the slot into
Floyd | which a disc would be inserted, but with no power it is worthless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Touchy says, "I wonder what was different about the dead bodies compared to the disappearing people.."

DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"

Floyd | You are wearing a ring, a pair of overalls and a gold chain, and you
Floyd | are carrying a journal, the glittering jewel and the tarc rib.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says (to Floyd), "take news-disc"

Floyd | You can't see that
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Otis says, "That guy was killed getting off the pathway, the narrator thought."

DavidW asks, "maybe putting the jewel on the screen made the rib go hot?"

DavidW says (to Floyd), "get news-disc"

Floyd | You can't see that
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Touchy says, "uh..."

Otis says, "It's a power source of some sort; just don't know why it takes being on the screen to make the rib hot."

DavidW says (to Floyd), "put jewel on screen"

Floyd | You put the glittering jewel onto the view screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you stand near the screen, the rib you are carrying becomes red hot.
Floyd | You drop it onto the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Touchy says, "what the"

Otis asks, "Want to try cutting the post with the rib?"

DavidW says (to Floyd), "get rib"

Floyd | You pick up the tarc rib.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you stand near the screen, the rib you are carrying becomes red hot.
Floyd | You drop it onto the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says (to Floyd), "get jewel"

Floyd | You take the glittering jewel from the view screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says (to Floyd), "get rib"

Floyd | You pick up the tarc rib.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Touchy says, "I think the rib only heats up next to active screens.. we've had the jewel all along"

DavidW asks, "Well, if we want a hot rib, we know how to get it?"

Fang asks, "is it the jewel? Or the rib?"

Touchy says, "Whatever...try cutting the post, reasonable enough."

Otis says, "Jewel powers screen. Screen heats rib."

DavidW asks, "The lamp post?"

Fang says (to Floyd), "put rib on screen"

Floyd | You put the tarc rib onto the view screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Touchy says, "yeah"

Otis says, "Yes."

Fang says (to Floyd), "take rib"

Floyd | You take the tarc rib from the view screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says, "maybe that suggests we trying the jewel with the humming room"

Fang says, "*try"

Otis says, "Yes."

djfletch says, "maybe the lamppost can lever the rubble"

Touchy asks, "What would suggest that?"

Otis says, "The 'useful things' intro."

Otis says, "Since we've already established rib <> bar."

DavidW says, "The post is nearby; you may try to cut it."

Touchy says, "Can't remember that intro. hehe"

Otis says (to floyd), "s"

Floyd | You move south.
Floyd | Government Quarter
Floyd | With over ten square kilometres of structures, the government quarter
Floyd | should be building after building of steel, chrome and glass.
Floyd | Everything now is completely shattered; just barren and so bleak.
Floyd | Although difficult to see, you are in the main plaza which was a 500m
Floyd | square meeting place of seating areas, art work, gardens and picnic
Floyd | places. The only thing standing is a battered old lamp post, leaning
Floyd | over at a sharp angle.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ancient road to the southwest leads to the Rapid Transit System. A
Floyd | path extends north to the ruins of the administration building and away
Floyd | east to the flattened research and development centre.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Government Quarter | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Otis says (to floyd), "cut post with rib"

Floyd | You can't cut the battered old lamp post.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "cut post"

Floyd | You can't cut the battered old lamp post.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Otis says (to floyd), "push post"

Floyd | The lamp post topples over and crashes to the ground. As it does, a
Floyd | length of metal falls from it which you grab.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You are wearing a ring, a pair of overalls and a gold chain, and you
Floyd | are carrying a journal, the glittering jewel, the tarc rib and a metal
Floyd | bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Touchy says, "snkr"

Fang says (to Floyd), "x bar"

Floyd | It is a long, twisted piece of metal which was once part of a lamp
Floyd | post.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says, "So, right idea, wrong method."

Otis exclaims, "The inanimate carbon rod!"

Otis says (to floyd), "e"

Floyd | You move east.
Floyd | Research and Development Building
Floyd | The centre is, or should be, a towering dome of stainless steel and
Floyd | coloured glass. This place would echo with the voices and foot steps of
Floyd | all the people within, hidden fountains adding to the effect. The scene
Floyd | that greets you now is one of complete devastation, as if some giant
Floyd | foot has stamped on the place repeatedly. Unlike everywhere else you
Floyd | have seen today, here is destruction and not aging. Rubble is lying
Floyd | everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path leads back to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Research and Development Building | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Otis says (to floyd), "move rubble with bar"

Floyd | Using the metal bar you start moving the rubble, after a while you
Floyd | unearth what must be the elevator shaft to the test centre.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang asks, "do we want to go check out the humming first?"

Otis says, "It was, indeed, useful info."

Fang says, "I mean, the humming room"

DavidW says, "Might be able to move the crystal too."

Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE"

Fang says (to Floyd), "cf8"

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Otis exclaims, "To the temple!"

Fang says (to Floyd), "w]"

Floyd | I don't understand what you mean.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "w"

Floyd | You move west.
Floyd | Government Quarter
Floyd | With over ten square kilometres of structures, the government quarter
Floyd | should be building after building of steel, chrome and glass.
Floyd | Everything now is completely shattered; just barren and so bleak.
Floyd | Although difficult to see, you are in the main plaza which was a 500m
Floyd | square meeting place of seating areas, art work, gardens and picnic
Floyd | places. A battered old lamp post lies on the ground nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ancient road to the southwest leads to the Rapid Transit System. A
Floyd | path extends north to the ruins of the administration building and away
Floyd | east to the flattened research and development centre.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Government Quarter | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "s"

Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move north, east and
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "sw"

Floyd | You move southwest.
Floyd | Rapid Sidewalk Junction
Floyd | At one of the many junctions of the Rapid Transit System, when working
Floyd | you would just need to lean slightly to change direction. Away to the
Floyd | north is the city (your home), but you no longer recognise the outline.
Floyd | Only yesterday the horizon was filled with kilometre high buildings
Floyd | gleaming in the sunlight, now it looks like a set of broken jagged
Floyd | teeth. At the very edge of the walkway is the decaying body and for a
Floyd | moment you wonder if that is what will happen to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The roadway continues north to the city and northeast to the government
Floyd | quarter.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Rapid Sidewalk Junction | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "s"

Floyd | You move south.
Floyd | Rapid Sidewalk
Floyd | The Rapid Transit System, which is the size of a six lane freeway,
Floyd | stretches away to the north and south. When working all someone needed
Floyd | to do was step onto the roadway to be sped around the city, at hither
Floyd | to unknown speeds. Once the surface would have shimmered like
Floyd | quicksilver, now it is just a dull lifeless black colour. Far in the
Floyd | distance you can see the city, your home.
Floyd |
Floyd | The roadway extends to the north and south, southwest leads to the
Floyd | Temple of the Great David.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Rapid Sidewalk | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "sw"

Floyd | You move southwest.
Floyd | Passage
Floyd | As you enter the temple, it takes you eyes a few seconds to adjust to
Floyd | the dark after the bright sunlight. The broken bones of tiny rodents
Floyd | crunch underfoot as you make your way along this passage. It is dark
Floyd | and shadowy for the most part, illuminated poorly by the pale daylight
Floyd | at the end.
Floyd |
Floyd | The passage extends northeast to the outside world and southwest to an
Floyd | ancient gallery.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Passage | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "sw"

Floyd | You move southwest.
Floyd | Ancient Gallery
Floyd | The walls about you are ancient and crumbling, yet modern looking
Floyd | portraits hang from them all the same. The faces depicted now appear
Floyd | normal but you are sure you can still hear their cries. Against one
Floyd | wall lies a large crystal, as tall as a man and wide as a chariot, in
Floyd | which is imprisoned the form of... something.
Floyd |
Floyd | A passage lies away to the south and another to the northeast, at the
Floyd | end of which a light shines faintly.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Ancient Gallery | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Floyd | You move south.
Floyd | Ruined Statue
Floyd | Above you towers a broken statue, ravaged by the passage of time. A
Floyd | crown of stone rests upon its brow, a large jagged hole as centrepiece.
Floyd | About you lurk malevolent shadows, seeming to move with a life of their
Floyd | own, though these are glimpses seen from the corner of your eye that
Floyd | vanish the moment you look closely at them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages in the ruined walls of this place lie to the north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Ruined Statue | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "w"

Floyd | You move west.
Floyd | Cage
Floyd | The centre of this circular chamber is a cage, sunken into the floor,
Floyd | in which the remains of some beast lie decomposing. Claw marks on the
Floyd | bars of the cage indicate the beast fought ferociously to escape its
Floyd | imprisonment, yet failed. And died.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the west there is a large chamber from which a humming sound
Floyd | emanates; to the east you can make out a statue.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Cage | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "w"

Floyd | You move west.
Floyd | Humming Chamber
Floyd | Once this was the great meeting hall. Rows of seats spiral outwards
Floyd | from a central podium where a speaker once stood to deliver speeches to
Floyd | a waiting audience. Most of the seats are smashed and little but
Floyd | splinters remain. Burn marks scar the floor and walls; in one place
Floyd | there is what appears to be a large quantity of books and scrolls which
Floyd | someone has attempted to burn but abandoned partway through. A faint
Floyd | humming sound can be heard, emanating from somewhere in the chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | A passage extends northwest and another to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Humming Chamber | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | Research and Development Building
Floyd | The centre is, or should be, a towering dome of stainless steel and
Floyd | coloured glass. This place would echo with the voices and foot steps of
Floyd | all the people within, hidden fountains adding to the effect. The scene
Floyd | that greets you now is one of complete devastation, as if some giant
Floyd | foot has stamped on the place repeatedly. Unlike everywhere else you
Floyd | have seen today, here is destruction and not aging. A large hole is
Floyd | clearly visable amongst the rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path leads back to the west and a dark hole amongst the rubble
Floyd | leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "x hole"

Floyd | Amongst the rubble is the old elevator shaft, leading down to the test
Floyd | chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "d"

Floyd | You will not be able to get down the elevator shaft carrying the metal
Floyd | bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "drop bar"

Floyd | You drop the metal bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "d"

Floyd | You move down.
Floyd | Old Elevator Shaft
Floyd | Standing on a small ledge running around the inside of the shaft more
Floyd | destruction can be seen. Glancing up you can see the world above framed
Floyd | in the square of the shaft. Looking down is a blackness that seems to
Floyd | be reaching up and trying to draw you down. The test centre is a long
Floyd | way below you, something like 30 levels down. The old elevator cable is
Floyd | hanging in the centre of the shaft, just within reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shaft leads up into the bright daylight and down into the dark.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Old Elevator Shaft | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Otis asks, "Try dropping the bar into the hole if we need it down there?"

Fang says (to Otis), "let's wait until we need it"

Fang says (to Floyd), "x cable"

Floyd | Just within your grasp is the old elevator cable, which is hanging in
Floyd | the centre of the shaft.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, UNDO a turn, or QUIT? Undo
Floyd | The previous turn has been undone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DB says, "Yikes."

DavidW says, "I think you're meant to climb the cable."

Fang says (to Floyd), "climb cable"

Floyd | You grab the cable and make your way down into the dark.
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | The control is much as you remember it but more importantly it is
Floyd | light, so the power must still be on down here. In front of you is the
Floyd | main control panel and the glass window through to the test chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go through the heavy metal door into the test chamber or back
Floyd | up the elevator cable.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Control Room | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Touchy says, "Obviously I was just hoping he'd do it if I say 'd'."

DavidW says, "Not if it's a 'puzzle'."

Fang says, "'The End' is kinda misleading"

Touchy says (to Floyd), "x panel"

Floyd | The control panel is lit but doesn't seem to be working. On one side of
Floyd | the panel is a small lever and on the other side is a small screen
Floyd | displaying:
Floyd |
Floyd | Target: Alpha City, Europa Continent
Floyd | Beam Lock Status: BEAM UNLOCKED
Floyd |
Floyd | "Error 6192: Fatal Transmission Fault"
Floyd | "Error 8151: Critical Storage Media Failure"
Floyd | A data-disc is on the control panel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Touchy says (to Floyd), "pull lever"

Floyd | You push the lever but it will not change position and is still set to
Floyd | BEAM UNLOCKED.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Touchy says (to Floyd), "get disc"

Floyd | You can't see that
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Touchy says (to Floyd), "get data-disc"

Floyd | You take the data-disc from the control panel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "x data"

Floyd | You see no such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "x data-disc"

Floyd | The data-disc seems to be one of the test logs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang asks, "go to the viewer?"

DB says, "I think so."

Fang says (to Floyd), "up"

Floyd | [u]
Floyd | You move up.
Floyd | Old Elevator Shaft
Floyd | Standing on a small ledge running around the inside of the shaft more
Floyd | destruction can be seen. Glancing up you can see the world above framed
Floyd | in the square of the shaft. Looking down is a blackness that seems to
Floyd | be reaching up and trying to draw you down. The test centre is a long
Floyd | way below you, something like 30 levels down. The old elevator cable is
Floyd | hanging in the centre of the shaft, just within reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shaft leads up into the bright daylight and down into the dark.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Old Elevator Shaft | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "up"

Floyd | [u]
Floyd | You move up.
Floyd | Research and Development Building
Floyd | The centre is, or should be, a towering dome of stainless steel and
Floyd | coloured glass. This place would echo with the voices and foot steps of
Floyd | all the people within, hidden fountains adding to the effect. The scene
Floyd | that greets you now is one of complete devastation, as if some giant
Floyd | foot has stamped on the place repeatedly. Unlike everywhere else you
Floyd | have seen today, here is destruction and not aging. A large hole is
Floyd | clearly visable amongst the rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path leads back to the west and a dark hole amongst the rubble
Floyd | leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Research and Development Building | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "w"

Floyd | You move west.
Floyd | Government Quarter
Floyd | With over ten square kilometres of structures, the government quarter
Floyd | should be building after building of steel, chrome and glass.
Floyd | Everything now is completely shattered; just barren and so bleak.
Floyd | Although difficult to see, you are in the main plaza which was a 500m
Floyd | square meeting place of seating areas, art work, gardens and picnic
Floyd | places. A battered old lamp post lies on the ground nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ancient road to the southwest leads to the Rapid Transit System. A
Floyd | path extends north to the ruins of the administration building and away
Floyd | east to the flattened research and development centre.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Government Quarter | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "n"

Floyd | You move north.
Floyd | Administration Building
Floyd | Once a thousand golden floors high, now only a few low charred jagged
Floyd | walls remain. On your left, would have been the long counter behind
Floyd | which the many female receptionists stood. The whole area is now gone,
Floyd | completely open to the sky. On the opposite side was row after row of
Floyd | view screens now all destroyed, although amazingly one does seem to
Floyd | survive. As you move near the screen it makes a very slight humming
Floyd | sound, as if something you are carrying is giving it power.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path leads back to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Administration Building | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "put jewel on screen"

Floyd | You put the glittering jewel onto the view screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you stand near the screen, the rib you are carrying becomes red hot.
Floyd | You drop it onto the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "put data-disc on viewer"

Floyd | You put the data-disc onto the view screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says, "er, in slot"

DB says, "I think you have to insert it."

Otis says (to floyd), "get data-disc. put it in slot."

Floyd | You take the data-disc from the view screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | [put a data-disc in slot]
Floyd | You insert the data-disc into the viewer, after a few seconds it begins
Floyd | to work.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is the day of the test and you can see yourself being strapped into
Floyd | the chair in the test chamber. Colin gives you a thumbs up from the
Floyd | Control Room and the ignition lights come on; the test begins.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can tell immediately that something is wrong, the technicians in
Floyd | the control room look worried. The beam which was locked onto Alpha
Floyd | City on the Europa Continent (the other side of the planet) has moved,
Floyd | but they cannot tell where. The system starts to draw more and more
Floyd | power as it automatically tries to lock on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Colin can be heard saying, "I think he has particled but we are not
Floyd | getting a confirmation signal. We must try to get him back." Someone
Floyd | off camera says, "I can't get the beam to lock, we can't get him back."
Floyd |
Floyd | Out loud you say, "Some how it threw me into the future, so no wonder
Floyd | they could not lock on. That is why I'm still in the chair, the system
Floyd | does not know that I arrived." As a safety measure, if no confirmation
Floyd | is received, the system holds onto the person assuming they have not
Floyd | been particled.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Press ENTER to continue]

Fang presses the yellow enter button.

Floyd |
Floyd | Your attention is drawn back to the screen. Suddenly warning signals
Floyd | start to flash and it appears that the technicians are losing control
Floyd | of the beam. You hear one of them say, "We are losing confinement. My
Floyd | God! It is starting to scatter! Shut off the power! Shut off the
Floyd | power!" With no warning Colin and all the other technicians vanish.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shudder as if someone has just worked over your grave. With the
Floyd | system drawing that much power as they tried in vain to lock on the
Floyd | beam; if that beam scattered what would happen when it came into
Floyd | contact with people?
Floyd |
Floyd | You now have a very good idea of what has happened to the population of
Floyd | the planet; they have been particled into the past, the future, who
Floyd | knows.
Floyd |
Floyd | More importantly, the test is still running.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Press ENTER to continue]

Fang presses the yellow enter button.

Floyd |
Floyd | Over the next hour you watch the whole of the data-disc, several times.
Floyd |
Floyd | You now know that the staff at the testing centre tried, in vain, to
Floyd | shutdown the system. The very safety measures designed to protect had
Floyd | destroyed. The automatic systems would not let the test be stopped
Floyd | because it was still particling the test subject, i.e. you.
Floyd |
Floyd | With the test still running and the beam scattered over the planet any
Floyd | person it came into contact with would be beamed away. You have a
Floyd | working theory that the reason you are unaffected is that you are still
Floyd | 'technically' being particled.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is now very clear that you need to shutdown the test. You have no
Floyd | idea what this will do to you, both the one in the chair and this
Floyd | version of you, but the test must be stopped.
Floyd |
Floyd | You need to find a way of shutting off the power.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Press ENTER to continue]

Fang says, "oh I guess we missed checking the test chamber"

Fang presses the yellow enter button.

Floyd |
Floyd | Administration Building
Floyd | Once a thousand golden floors high, now only a few low charred jagged
Floyd | walls remain. On your left, would have been the long counter behind
Floyd | which the many female receptionists stood. The whole area is now gone,
Floyd | completely open to the sky. On the opposite side was row after row of
Floyd | view screens now all destroyed, although amazingly one does seem to
Floyd | survive and appears to be in working order.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path leads back to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see the tarc rib.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Touchy says, "haha"

Fang says (to Floyd), "take all"

Floyd | You pick up the tarc rib.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you stand near the screen, the rib you are carrying becomes red hot.
Floyd | You drop it onto the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You are wearing a ring, a pair of overalls and a gold chain, and you
Floyd | are carrying the glittering jewel and the tarc rib.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "s"

Floyd | You move south.
Floyd | Government Quarter
Floyd | With over ten square kilometres of structures, the government quarter
Floyd | should be building after building of steel, chrome and glass.
Floyd | Everything now is completely shattered; just barren and so bleak.
Floyd | Although difficult to see, you are in the main plaza which was a 500m
Floyd | square meeting place of seating areas, art work, gardens and picnic
Floyd | places. A battered old lamp post lies on the ground nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ancient road to the southwest leads to the Rapid Transit System. A
Floyd | path extends north to the ruins of the administration building and away
Floyd | east to the flattened research and development centre.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Government Quarter | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "e"

Floyd | You move east.
Floyd | Research and Development Building
Floyd | The centre is, or should be, a towering dome of stainless steel and
Floyd | coloured glass. This place would echo with the voices and foot steps of
Floyd | all the people within, hidden fountains adding to the effect. The scene
Floyd | that greets you now is one of complete devastation, as if some giant
Floyd | foot has stamped on the place repeatedly. Unlike everywhere else you
Floyd | have seen today, here is destruction and not aging. A large hole is
Floyd | clearly visable amongst the rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path leads back to the west and a dark hole amongst the rubble
Floyd | leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Research and Development Building | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "d"

Floyd | You move down.
Floyd | Old Elevator Shaft
Floyd | Standing on a small ledge running around the inside of the shaft more
Floyd | destruction can be seen. Glancing up you can see the world above framed
Floyd | in the square of the shaft. Looking down is a blackness that seems to
Floyd | be reaching up and trying to draw you down. The test centre is a long
Floyd | way below you, something like 30 levels down. The old elevator cable is
Floyd | hanging in the centre of the shaft, just within reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shaft leads up into the bright daylight and down into the dark.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Old Elevator Shaft | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "climb cab;e"

Floyd | You can't climb that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "climb cable"

Floyd | You grab the cable and make your way down into the dark.
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | The control is much as you remember it but more importantly it is
Floyd | light, so the power must still be on down here. In front of you is the
Floyd | main control panel and the glass window through to the test chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go through the heavy metal door into the test chamber or back
Floyd | up the elevator cable.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Control Room | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "in"

Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "open door"

Floyd | You can't open the heavy door to the test chamber as it is locked!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "x window"

Floyd | Looking through the window you can see into the testing chamber. You
Floyd | can see someone strapped into the chair. That someone is you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move north and up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Gerynar says (to Floyd), "open door"

Fang says (to Floyd), "n"

Floyd | The heavy door to the test chamber is already open!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd | You move north.
Floyd | Testing Chamber
Floyd | The stillness of the chamber always surprises you, no sound from
Floyd | outside ever penetrates and any noise within is muffled. The only
Floyd | furniture is the test chair in the centre of the room. The other you is
Floyd | strapped into the chair. A glass window is in the wall behind you,
Floyd | through which you can see the control room. The ignition light on the
Floyd | wall is glowing red, the test is running. For a brief moment it sounded
Floyd | as if someone called your name. "John!" You turn round quickly, but no
Floyd | one is anywhere to be seen. Perhaps you are going slowly insane.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can leave the chamber through the heavy metal door to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Testing Chamber | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "x me"

Floyd | You are John Taylor, a senior technician in the engineering team
Floyd | working in the Research and Development section of the Institute of
Floyd | Transportation. You are wearing a ring, a pair of overalls and a gold
Floyd | chain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x other me"

Floyd | You see no such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "x chair"

Floyd | The chair always reminds you of one of those execution chairs you have
Floyd | seen in old movies. The other you is strapped into the chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "x you"

Floyd | It certainly looks like John Taylor, even down to the awful orange
Floyd | overalls. Your other self is carrying a journal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Otis says (to floyd), "x other you"

Floyd | You see no such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "get journal"

Floyd | You take the journal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW asks, "oh. Can we read the other journal?"

Nitku says, "I wish it said if the other me is alive or dead"

Fang says (to Floyd), "read journal"

Floyd | The journal contains all your notes relating to the experiments. In
Floyd | particular two entries catch your eye:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Error 6192: Fatal Transmission Fault"
Floyd | This means that the subject has not particled properly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Error 8151: Critical Storage Media Failure"
Floyd | This is when the system suffers serious power loss. To protect the
Floyd | subject being particled the body can be stored externally in a storage
Floyd | crystal, until the system can retry again.
Floyd | "Crystal?" you mutter to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | You remember spotting something in your journal about the power system.
Floyd | Opening the journal, after flicking through a few pages you spot a note
Floyd | you made to yourself:
Floyd |
Floyd | "A relay blew in the testing chamber today and needed changing, but
Floyd | no-one could find it. Eventually we tracked down the plans and to our
Floyd | amazement the power grid for the testing chamber runs through the
Floyd | temple! Behind a panel, hidden in the wall of the Great Meeting Hall is
Floyd | enough power to destroy a small planet."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says, "Alive, obviously."

olethros says, "mm"

djfletch says (to Floyd), "talk to other me"

Floyd | You (the one in the chair) do not reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Touchy asks, "what the heck?"

djfletch says (to Floyd), "punch other me"

Floyd | Who do you think you are, Mike Tyson?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Touchy asks, "power..temple..what is going on?"

Fang says, "jeez, the safety standards for this experiment"

DavidW says, "THe humming room has a panel."

DavidW says, "Which we now know about."

Otis says, "I think now we can do something there."

Fang says (to Floyd), "kiss you"

Floyd | I'm not sure it would appreciate that!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DB asks, "So, back to the Humming Chamber?"

Fang asks, "let's go, then?"

DavidW says, "I guess."

DavidW says, "I can see other options."

DB asks, "Like what?"

Fang says (to Floyd), "s"

Floyd | You move south.
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | The control is much as you remember it but more importantly it is
Floyd | light, so the power must still be on down here. In front of you is the
Floyd | main control panel and the glass window through to the test chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go through the heavy metal door into the test chamber or back
Floyd | up the elevator cable.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Control Room | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Floyd | [u]
Floyd | You move up.
Floyd | Old Elevator Shaft
Floyd | Standing on a small ledge running around the inside of the shaft more
Floyd | destruction can be seen. Glancing up you can see the world above framed
Floyd | in the square of the shaft. Looking down is a blackness that seems to
Floyd | be reaching up and trying to draw you down. The test centre is a long
Floyd | way below you, something like 30 levels down. The old elevator cable is
Floyd | hanging in the centre of the shaft, just within reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shaft leads up into the bright daylight and down into the dark.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Old Elevator Shaft | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Touchy says, "I wonder how they knew that a relay had blewn without even knowing where it was."

Fang says (to Floyd), "up"

Floyd | [u]
Floyd | You move up.
Floyd | Research and Development Building
Floyd | The centre is, or should be, a towering dome of stainless steel and
Floyd | coloured glass. This place would echo with the voices and foot steps of
Floyd | all the people within, hidden fountains adding to the effect. The scene
Floyd | that greets you now is one of complete devastation, as if some giant
Floyd | foot has stamped on the place repeatedly. Unlike everywhere else you
Floyd | have seen today, here is destruction and not aging. A large hole is
Floyd | clearly visable amongst the rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path leads back to the west and a dark hole amongst the rubble
Floyd | leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Research and Development Building | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Touchy says, "I've never even heard of such a thing as a relay blowing."

Fang says (to Floyd), "w"

Floyd | You move west.
Floyd | Government Quarter
Floyd | With over ten square kilometres of structures, the government quarter
Floyd | should be building after building of steel, chrome and glass.
Floyd | Everything now is completely shattered; just barren and so bleak.
Floyd | Although difficult to see, you are in the main plaza which was a 500m
Floyd | square meeting place of seating areas, art work, gardens and picnic
Floyd | places. A battered old lamp post lies on the ground nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ancient road to the southwest leads to the Rapid Transit System. A
Floyd | path extends north to the ruins of the administration building and away
Floyd | east to the flattened research and development centre.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Government Quarter | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "s"

Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move north, east and
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "sw"

Floyd | You move southwest.
Floyd | Rapid Sidewalk Junction
Floyd | At one of the many junctions of the Rapid Transit System, when working
Floyd | you would just need to lean slightly to change direction. Away to the
Floyd | north is the city (your home), but you no longer recognise the outline.
Floyd | Only yesterday the horizon was filled with kilometre high buildings
Floyd | gleaming in the sunlight, now it looks like a set of broken jagged
Floyd | teeth. At the very edge of the walkway is the decaying body and for a
Floyd | moment you wonder if that is what will happen to you.
Floyd |

Fang says (to Floyd), "s"

Floyd | The roadway continues north to the city and northeast to the government
Floyd | quarter.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Rapid Sidewalk Junction | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | You move south.
Floyd | Rapid Sidewalk
Floyd | The Rapid Transit System, which is the size of a six lane freeway,
Floyd | stretches away to the north and south. When working all someone needed
Floyd | to do was step onto the roadway to be sped around the city, at hither
Floyd | to unknown speeds. Once the surface would have shimmered like
Floyd | quicksilver, now it is just a dull lifeless black colour. Far in the
Floyd | distance you can see the city, your home.
Floyd |
Floyd | The roadway extends to the north and south, southwest leads to the
Floyd | Temple of the Great David.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Rapid Sidewalk | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "sw"

Floyd | You move southwest.
Floyd | Passage
Floyd | As you enter the temple, it takes you eyes a few seconds to adjust to
Floyd | the dark after the bright sunlight. The broken bones of tiny rodents
Floyd | crunch underfoot as you make your way along this passage. It is dark
Floyd | and shadowy for the most part, illuminated poorly by the pale daylight
Floyd | at the end.
Floyd |
Floyd | The passage extends northeast to the outside world and southwest to an
Floyd | ancient gallery.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Passage | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "sw"

Floyd | You move southwest.
Floyd | Ancient Gallery
Floyd | The walls about you are ancient and crumbling, yet modern looking
Floyd | portraits hang from them all the same. The faces depicted now appear
Floyd | normal but you are sure you can still hear their cries. Against one
Floyd | wall lies a large crystal, as tall as a man and wide as a chariot, in
Floyd | which is imprisoned the still form of your other self.
Floyd |
Floyd | A passage lies away to the south and another to the northeast, at the
Floyd | end of which a light shines faintly.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Ancient Gallery | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Floyd | You move south.
Floyd | Ruined Statue
Floyd | Above you towers a broken statue, ravaged by the passage of time. A
Floyd | crown of stone rests upon its brow, a large jagged hole as centrepiece.
Floyd | About you lurk malevolent shadows, seeming to move with a life of their
Floyd | own, though these are glimpses seen from the corner of your eye that
Floyd | vanish the moment you look closely at them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages in the ruined walls of this place lie to the north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You move west.
Floyd | Cage
Floyd | The centre of this circular chamber is a cage, sunken into the floor,
Floyd | in which the remains of some beast lie decomposing. Claw marks on the
Floyd | bars of the cage indicate the beast fought ferociously to escape its
Floyd | imprisonment, yet failed. And died.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the west there is a large chamber from which a humming sound
Floyd | emanates; to the east you can make out a statue.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Cage | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

DB says, "ha ha"

Fang says, "I'm not at all certain that we actually go back"

Fang says (to Floyd), "w"

Floyd | You move west.
Floyd | Humming Chamber
Floyd | Once this was the great meeting hall. Rows of seats spiral outwards
Floyd | from a central podium where a speaker once stood to deliver speeches to
Floyd | a waiting audience. Most of the seats are smashed and little but
Floyd | splinters remain. Burn marks scar the floor; walls and a panel you
Floyd | haven't noticed before; in one place there is what appears to be a
Floyd | large quantity of books and scrolls which someone has attempted to burn
Floyd | but abandoned partway through. A faint humming sound can be heard,
Floyd | emanating from somewhere in the chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | A passage extends northwest and another to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Humming Chamber | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Touchy asks, "Hm...so the humming is the power fu?"

DB says, "Maybe it's giving us the benefit of the doubt."

Fang says, "at least we can shut off the machine"

Touchy says (to Floyd), "x panel"

Floyd | The panel in the wall is designed to look like part of the temple. The
Floyd | panel is locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "unlock panel"

Floyd | Using your id ring, you unlock the panel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Touchy says, "what the..."

Otis asks, "Did we have the journal at the start of the game?"

Touchy says, "haha good thing he knew because I didn't.."

Fang says, "locking these panels are kinda pointless"

Fang says (to Floyd), "x panel"

DavidW says (to Otis), "We had a version of it, yes."

Floyd | The panel in the wall is designed to look like part of the temple. The
Floyd | panel is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Touchy says, "It's a self solving puzzle."

Fang says (to Floyd), "look in panel"

Floyd | The panel in the wall is designed to look like part of the temple. The
Floyd | panel is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "l"

Floyd |
Floyd | Humming Chamber
Floyd | Once this was the great meeting hall. Rows of seats spiral outwards
Floyd | from a central podium where a speaker once stood to deliver speeches to
Floyd | a waiting audience. Most of the seats are smashed and little but
Floyd | splinters remain. Burn marks scar the floor; walls and a panel you
Floyd | haven't noticed before; in one place there is what appears to be a
Floyd | large quantity of books and scrolls which someone has attempted to burn
Floyd | but abandoned partway through. With the panel in the wall open you can
Floyd | see part of the power grid for the temple, parts of the city and the
Floyd | government quarter. A faint humming sound can be heard, emanating from
Floyd | somewhere in the chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | A passage extends northwest and another to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "power grid"

Floyd | I don't understand what you mean.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grid"

Floyd | If you switch off the grid the automatics will just turn it back on.
Floyd | If you damage it the automatics will repair it. Maybe, just maybe if it
Floyd | was hit with a large power source it would short out everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | I don't understand what you want me to do with the glittering jewel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "x grid"

Floyd | If you switch off the grid the automatics will just turn it back on.
Floyd | If you damage it the automatics will repair it. Maybe, just maybe if it
Floyd | was hit with a large power source it would short out everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | I don't understand what you want me to do with the glittering jewel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "attach chain to grid"

Floyd | I don't understand what you want me to do with the gold chain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Otis says (to floyd), "pull grid"

Floyd | You pull, but nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says, "ah. it's a bit of GTV."

DB asks, "Was there anything in the useful info about this one?"

Fang says (to Floyd), "attach jewel to grid"

Floyd | I don't understand what you want me to do with the glittering jewel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "read journal"

Floyd | The journal contains all your notes relating to the experiments. In
Floyd | particular two entries catch your eye:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Error 6192: Fatal Transmission Fault"
Floyd | This means that the subject has not particled properly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Error 8151: Critical Storage Media Failure"
Floyd | This is when the system suffers serious power loss. To protect the
Floyd | subject being particled the body can be stored externally in a storage
Floyd | crystal, until the system can retry again.
Floyd | "Crystal?" you mutter to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "l"

Floyd |
Floyd | Humming Chamber
Floyd | Once this was the great meeting hall. Rows of seats spiral outwards
Floyd | from a central podium where a speaker once stood to deliver speeches to
Floyd | a waiting audience. Most of the seats are smashed and little but
Floyd | splinters remain. Burn marks scar the floor; walls and a panel you
Floyd | haven't noticed before; in one place there is what appears to be a
Floyd | large quantity of books and scrolls which someone has attempted to burn
Floyd | but abandoned partway through. With the panel in the wall open you can
Floyd | see part of the power grid for the temple, parts of the city and the
Floyd | government quarter. A faint humming sound can be heard, emanating from
Floyd | somewhere in the chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | A passage extends northwest and another to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says, "I checked my old notes just now. It's not 'hit', but another verb."

DB says, "Hmm..."

Otis says (to floyd), "damage grid"

Floyd | I don't understand what you mean.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

djfletch says (to Floyd), "plug jewel into grid"

Floyd | I don't understand what you want me to do with the glittering jewel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Nitku says (to Floyd), "break grid with jewel"

Floyd | [smash grid with jewel]
Floyd | Taking cover behind the podium you throw the jewel at the power grid,
Floyd | which explodes in a shower of metal. The jewel is vapourised but the
Floyd | power goes off.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aloud you mutter, "I'd better get back to the testing chamber, to see
Floyd | if this worked."
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Silent Chamber | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

DavidW says, "I can just do it to get us past this point."

Fang says, "..."

DB says, "Looks like we got it."

DavidW says, "ah. my notes said 'throw', but luckily there was a synonym."

Fang says (to Floyd), "e"

Floyd | You move east.
Floyd | Cage
Floyd | The centre of this circular chamber is a cage, sunken into the floor,
Floyd | in which the remains of some beast lie decomposing. Claw marks on the
Floyd | bars of the cage indicate the beast fought ferociously to escape its
Floyd | imprisonment, yet failed. And died.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the west there is a large chamber; to the east you can make out a
Floyd | statue.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Cage | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "e"

Floyd | You move east.
Floyd | Ruined Statue
Floyd | Above you towers a broken statue, ravaged by the passage of time. A
Floyd | crown of stone rests upon its brow, a large jagged hole as centrepiece.
Floyd | About you lurk shadows, seeming to be standing watching you, though
Floyd | these are glimpses seen from the corner of your eye that vanish the
Floyd | moment you look closely at them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages in the ruined walls of this place lie to the north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Ruined Statue | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "n"

Floyd | You move north.
Floyd | Ancient Gallery
Floyd | The walls about you are ancient and crumbling, yet modern looking
Floyd | portraits hang from them all the same. The faces all seem to be
Floyd | watching you expectantly. Against one wall lies a large storage crystal
Floyd | glowing dark blue, as tall as a man and wide as a chariot, in which is
Floyd | imprisoned the still form of your other self.
Floyd |
Floyd | A passage lies away to the south and another to the northeast, at the
Floyd | end of which a light shines faintly.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Ancient Gallery | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "n"

Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move south and northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "ne. ne. n"

Floyd | You move northeast.
Floyd | Passage
Floyd | The broken bones of tiny rodents crunch underfoot as you make your way
Floyd | along this passage. It is dark and shadowy for the most part,
Floyd | illuminated poorly by the pale daylight at the end.
Floyd |
Floyd | The passage extends northeast to the outside world and southwest to an
Floyd | ancient gallery.
Floyd |
Floyd | You move northeast.
Floyd | Rapid Sidewalk
Floyd | As you leave the darkness of the temple you need to shade your eyes for
Floyd | a few moments. The Rapid Transit System, which is the size of a six
Floyd | lane freeway, stretches away to the north and south. When working all
Floyd | someone needed to do was step onto the roadway to be sped around the
Floyd | city, at hither to unknown speeds. Once the surface would have
Floyd | shimmered like quicksilver, now it is just a dull lifeless black
Floyd | colour. Far in the distance you can see the city, your home.
Floyd |
Floyd | The roadway extends to the north and south, southwest leads to the
Floyd | Temple of the Great David.
Floyd |
Floyd | You move north.
Floyd | Rapid Sidewalk Junction
Floyd | At one of the many junctions of the Rapid Transit System, when working
Floyd | you would just need to lean slightly to change direction. Away to the
Floyd | north is the city (your home), but you no longer recognise the outline.
Floyd | Only yesterday the horizon was filled with kilometre high buildings
Floyd | gleaming in the sunlight, now it looks like a set of broken jagged
Floyd | teeth. At the very edge of the walkway is a decaying body.
Floyd |
Floyd | The roadway continues north to the city and northeast to the government
Floyd | quarter.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Rapid Sidewalk Junction | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "ne"

Floyd | You move northeast.
Floyd | Government Quarter
Floyd | With over ten square kilometres of structures, the government quarter
Floyd | should be building after building of steel, chrome and glass.
Floyd | Everything now is completely shattered; just barren and so bleak.
Floyd | Although difficult to see, you are in the main plaza which was a 500m
Floyd | square meeting place of seating areas, art work, gardens and picnic
Floyd | places. A battered old lamp post lies on the ground nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | An ancient road to the southwest leads to the Rapid Transit System. A
Floyd | path extends north to the ruins of the administration building and away
Floyd | east to the flattened research and development centre.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Government Quarter | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "e"

Floyd | You move east.
Floyd | Research and Development Building
Floyd | The centre is, or should be, a towering dome of stainless steel and
Floyd | coloured glass. This place would echo with the voices and foot steps of
Floyd | all the people within, hidden fountains adding to the effect. The scene
Floyd | that greets you now is one of complete devastation, as if some giant
Floyd | foot has stamped on the place repeatedly. Unlike everywhere else you
Floyd | have seen today, here is destruction and not aging. A large hole is
Floyd | clearly visable amongst the rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path leads back to the west and a dark hole amongst the rubble
Floyd | leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a metal bar.
Floyd |

Fang says (to Floyd), "d"

Floyd | [ Research and Development Building | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | You move down.
Floyd | Old Elevator Shaft
Floyd | Standing on a small ledge running around the inside of the shaft more
Floyd | destruction can be seen. Glancing up you can see the world above framed
Floyd | in the square of the shaft. Looking down is a blackness that seems to
Floyd | be reaching up and trying to draw you down. The test centre is a long
Floyd | way below you, something like 30 levels down. The old elevator cable is
Floyd | hanging in the centre of the shaft, just within reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shaft leads up into the bright daylight and down into the dark.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Old Elevator Shaft | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "climb cable"

Floyd | You grab the cable and make your way down into the dark.
Floyd | Darken Control Room
Floyd | The control room is now in darkness as the power must be off down here.
Floyd | In front of you is the main control panel and the glass window through
Floyd | to the test chamber. Some emergency power must have kicked in, as the
Floyd | control panel is still lit.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go through the heavy metal door into the test chamber or back
Floyd | up the elevator cable.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Darken Control Room | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

DavidW says, "In ADRIFT, hit and break are different verbs; in Inform, they're the same verb."

Fang says (to Floyd), "n"

Floyd | You move north.
Floyd | Testing Chamber
Floyd | The stillness of the chamber always surprises you, no sound from
Floyd | outside ever penetrates and any noise within is muffled. The only
Floyd | furniture is the test chair in the centre of the room. The other you is
Floyd | strapped into the chair. A glass window is in the wall behind you,
Floyd | through which you can see the control room. The ignition light on the
Floyd | wall is glowing green, the testing has stopped.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You enter the chamber and suddenly your sight blurs. You have a
Floyd | tingling sensation in your hands and feet. As you look at your hands
Floyd | you realise that you can see straight through them. From somewhere to
Floyd | your left you can here a voice shouting, "John!, John!, can you hear
Floyd | me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Then nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Press ENTER to continue]

Fang presses the yellow enter button.

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You open your eyes and you are in the testing chamber seated in the
Floyd | test chair. Through the window you can see into the control room; Colin
Floyd | and the other technicians look worried.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over the intercom Colin can be heard saying, "I think he has particled
Floyd | but we are not getting a confirmation signal. We must try to get him
Floyd | back." Someone out of sight says, "I can't get the beam to lock, we
Floyd | can't get him back."
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly warning signals start to flash and it appears that the
Floyd | technicians are losing control of the beam. You hear one of them say,
Floyd | "We are losing confinement. My God! It is starting to scatter! Shut off
Floyd | the power! Shut off the power!" With no warning Colin and all the other
Floyd | technicians vanish.
Floyd |
Floyd | For a few seconds you stare at the empty control room and then
Floyd | everything starts to blur. The last thought you ever have is one of
Floyd | failure before you blink out of existence.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The End
Floyd |
Floyd | Feel free to report any bugs, send praise or give general feedback to
Floyd | richardo@delron.org.uk
Floyd |
Floyd | www.delron.org.uk
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations!
Floyd | Congratulations!
Floyd | [ Testing Chamber | Score: 0 ]
Floyd |

Fang asks, "wha?"

Touchy says, "hehe"

Otis asks, "Congratulations?"

Touchy says, "at least it tells us plainly that this was not the good end"

DavidW says, "Congrats, everyone is vaporized."

Touchy | failure

Fang asks, "is there a good end?"

djfletch says, "there was something in the journal about storing people"

Floyd |
Floyd | Darken Control Room
Floyd | The control room is now in darkness as the power must be off down here.
Floyd | In front of you is the main control panel and the glass window through
Floyd | to the test chamber. Some emergency power must have kicked in, as the
Floyd | control panel is still lit.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go through the heavy metal door into the test chamber or back
Floyd | up the elevator cable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Nitku says, "There's the body in the crystal"

Fang says (to Floyd), "x panel"

Floyd | The control panel is lit but doesn't seem to be working. On one side of
Floyd | the panel is a small lever and on the other side is a small screen
Floyd | displaying:
Floyd |
Floyd | Target: Alpha City, Europa Continent
Floyd | Beam Lock Status: BEAM UNLOCKED
Floyd |
Floyd | Error 7767: Critical Power Failure
Floyd | Error 9923: Subject Deletion Imminent
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

olethros asks, "which is us, isn;t it?"

Fang says (to Floyd), "push lever"

Floyd | You push the lever and it changes to the position marked: BEAM LOCKED.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says, "maybe this does it"

DavidW says (to olethros), "could be. :)"

Fang says (to Floyd), "x panel"

Floyd | The control panel is lit but doesn't seem to be working. On one side of
Floyd | the panel is a small lever and on the other side is a small screen
Floyd | displaying:
Floyd |
Floyd | Target: Alpha City, Europa Continent
Floyd | Beam Lock Status: BEAM LOCKED
Floyd |
Floyd | Error 7767: Critical Power Failure
Floyd | Error 9923: Subject Deletion Imminent
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Fang says (to Floyd), "n"

Floyd | You move north.
Floyd | Testing Chamber
Floyd | The stillness of the chamber always surprises you, no sound from
Floyd | outside ever penetrates and any noise within is muffled. The only
Floyd | furniture is the test chair in the centre of the room. The other you is
Floyd | strapped into the chair. A glass window is in the wall behind you,
Floyd | through which you can see the control room. The ignition light on the
Floyd | wall is glowing green, the testing has stopped.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You enter the chamber and suddenly your sight blurs. You have a
Floyd | tingling sensation in your hands and feet. As you look at your hands
Floyd | you realise that you can see straight through them. From somewhere to
Floyd | your left you can here a voice saying, "John, can you hear me. Are you
Floyd | all right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Then nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Press ENTER to continue]

Otis presses the yellow enter button.

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone is shaking you and calling your name.
Floyd |
Floyd | You open your eyes and the someone says, "Thank goodness. We thought we
Floyd | had lost you for a minute John."
Floyd | "What happened?" you ask trying to get your bearings.
Floyd | "We have no idea, you didn't appear at the destination test site and
Floyd | you started to fade out here as well." You recognise that the 'someone'
Floyd | is Colin, the senior technician on the Pathway project. "We managed to
Floyd | cut the power and stop the test. Do you remember anything?" he asks.
Floyd | You start, "Well I was here but in the future..." But the memory has
Floyd | gone, just like one of those dreams you wake up suddenly from.
Floyd | Colin asks, "Are you all right?"
Floyd | Shaking your head you reply, "Yeh, I must have been dreaming." The Tarc
Floyd | rib you are carrying, falls from your pocket and clatters onto the
Floyd | floor.
Floyd | Colin stares at it and asks, "How did you get that? You didn't have it
Floyd | when the test started?"
Floyd | Looking down in surprise you answer, "I have no idea."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The End
Floyd |
Floyd | Feel free to report any bugs, send praise or give general feedback to
Floyd | richardo@delron.org.uk
Floyd |
Floyd | www.delron.org.uk
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations!
Floyd | [ Testing Chamber | Score: 0 ]
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Research and Development Building
Floyd | The centre is, or should be, a towering dome of stainless steel and
Floyd | coloured glass. This place would echo with the voices and foot steps of
Floyd | all the people within, hidden fountains adding to the effect. The scene
Floyd | that greets you now is one of complete devastation, as if some giant
Floyd | foot has stamped on the place repeatedly. Unlike everywhere else you
Floyd | have seen today, here is destruction and not aging. A large hole is
Floyd | clearly visable amongst the rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path leads back to the west and a dark hole amongst the rubble
Floyd | leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW asks, "Is this before smashing the grid?"

DB says (to Floyd), "i"

Floyd | You are wearing a ring, a pair of overalls and a gold chain, and you
Floyd | are carrying a journal, the glittering jewel, the tarc rib and a metal
Floyd | bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Touchy says, "yes"

DB says, "Must be."

DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop bar"

Floyd | You drop the metal bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says (to Floyd), "d"

Floyd | You move down.
Floyd | Old Elevator Shaft
Floyd | Standing on a small ledge running around the inside of the shaft more
Floyd | destruction can be seen. Glancing up you can see the world above framed
Floyd | in the square of the shaft. Looking down is a blackness that seems to
Floyd | be reaching up and trying to draw you down. The test centre is a long
Floyd | way below you, something like 30 levels down. The old elevator cable is
Floyd | hanging in the centre of the shaft, just within reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shaft leads up into the bright daylight and down into the dark.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Old Elevator Shaft | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb chain"

Floyd | You can't climb the gold chain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb cable"

Floyd | You grab the cable and make your way down into the dark.
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | The control is much as you remember it but more importantly it is
Floyd | light, so the power must still be on down here. In front of you is the
Floyd | main control panel and the glass window through to the test chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go through the heavy metal door into the test chamber or back
Floyd | up the elevator cable.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Control Room | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

DavidW says (to Floyd), "x panel"

Floyd | The control panel is lit but doesn't seem to be working. On one side of
Floyd | the panel is a small lever and on the other side is a small screen
Floyd | displaying:
Floyd |
Floyd | Target: Alpha City, Europa Continent
Floyd | Beam Lock Status: BEAM UNLOCKED
Floyd |
Floyd | "Error 6192: Fatal Transmission Fault"
Floyd | "Error 8151: Critical Storage Media Failure"
Floyd | A data-disc is on the control panel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says (to Floyd), "get data-disc"

Floyd | You take the data-disc from the control panel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock door"

Floyd | Using your id ring, you unlock the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"

Floyd | You move north.
Floyd | Testing Chamber
Floyd | The stillness of the chamber always surprises you, no sound from
Floyd | outside ever penetrates and any noise within is muffled. The only
Floyd | furniture is the test chair in the centre of the room. The other you is
Floyd | strapped into the chair. A glass window is in the wall behind you,
Floyd | through which you can see the control room. The ignition light on the
Floyd | wall is glowing red, the test is running. For a brief moment it sounded
Floyd | as if someone called your name. "John!" You turn round quickly, but no
Floyd | one is anywhere to be seen. Perhaps you are going slowly insane.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can leave the chamber through the heavy metal door to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Testing Chamber | Score: 0 ]
Floyd | >

DavidW says (to Floyd), "unstrap me"

Floyd | I don't understand what you mean.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me"

Floyd | You are John Taylor, a senior technician in the engineering team
Floyd | working in the Research and Development section of the Institute of
Floyd | Transportation. You are wearing a ring, a pair of overalls and a gold
Floyd | chain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says (to Floyd), "other me"

Floyd | I don't understand what you want to do with Your other self.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

DavidW says (to Floyd), "unstrap other me"

Floyd | I don't understand what you want to do with Your other self.
Floyd |
Floyd | >